Rosen has written frequently about the U.S. Supreme Court. He has interviewed Chief JusticeJohn Roberts,[11]JusticeJohn Paul Stevens,[12] Justice Stephen Breyer,[13] Justice Elena Kagan,[14] Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,[15] Justice Neil Gorsuch[16],Justice Amy Coney Barrett[17] and Justice Anthony Kennedy.[18] Justice Ginsburg credited his early support for her Supreme Court candidacy as a factor in her nomination. "...she sent me a generous note,fanning my hopes of becoming a judicial Boswell. (You planted the idea, she wrote,I'll try hard to develop it.)"[19] In 2009,when Sonia Sotomayor was a leading candidate for a nomination to the Supreme Court,Rosen wrote "The Case Against Sotomayor," a lengthy blog post on the The New Republic's website. The article cited former law clerks and colleagues of Sotomayor who anonymously criticized her temperament and legal writing. Conservative pundits cited Rosen's article to disparage Sotomayor's intelligence and legal qualifications,while liberals criticized Rosen's post as "reckless" and sexist. In response,Rosen condemned the conservative "misrepresentation" of his article,stated that he did not choose or approve of the article's headline,and defended his questioning of Sotomayor's suitability.[20] In an opinion piece published after Kagan's nomination hearings and before the Senate's vote on her confirmation,Rosen encouraged Kagan to look to the late Justice Louis Brandeis as a model "to develop a positive vision of progressive jurisprudence in an age of economic crisis,financial power and technological change."[21]
Congress chartered the Constitution Center "to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a non-partisan basis."[23] Rosen became president of the National Constitution Center in 2013.[24]
During Rosen's tenure,with a $5.5 million grant from the Templeton Foundation,the NCC formed the Coalition of Freedom Advisory Board,[25] chaired by the heads of the conservative Federalist Society and liberal American Constitution Society,to oversee the creation of the "Interactive Constitution",which the College Board has made a centerpiece of the new AP history and government exams.[26] The Interactive Constitution project commissions scholars to write about every clause of the Constitution,discussing areas of agreement and disagreement between left and right.[27] It also allows users to explore the historic sources of the Bill of Rights and compare America's protected liberties to other constitutional systems throughout the world.[28] The Interactive Constitution received nearly five million unique visitors in its first year online.[29]
Rosen moderates the weekly podcast "We the People" for the National Constitution Center,[30] convening liberal and conservative scholars to discuss timely constitutional issues as well as constitutional debates. In 2014,the Constitution Center opened the George H. W. Bush Bill of Rights gallery,displaying rare copies of the Constitution,the Declaration of Independence,and one of the twelve original copies of the Bill of Rights.[31] In 2015,the Center opened a constitution drafting lab,supported by Google,[32] that convenes constitution-drafters and students from around the world for constitution drafting exercises.[33]
A management dispute emerged in fall 2025 between Rosen and Vince Stango,the Center's then executive vice president and chief operating officer. Doug DeVos and Mike George,the former and current chairmen of the board of trustees,independently hired an employment lawyer from the law firm of the General Counsel to the Board,who also serves as Trustee on the Board,to investigate and perform a culture check. They pushed for Rosen to serve as CEO and give the presidency title to Stango. The negotiations faltered in December as details of the actual restructuring plan became known to Board members who had not previously been informed and who had not previously voted on the leadership changes. Rosen submitted a resignation letter conditioned on the acceptance of the full board of trustees,asking that the full board consider the facts and also allow him to speak to respond. Chairman Mike George declined to let Rosen speak with the Board. Board member J. Michael Luttig,a backer of Rosen,threatened a lawsuit against the leaders of the board over what he saw as the violation of Rosen's due process rights. Rosen's conditional resignation was ultimately accepted after an hours-long,contentious board meeting.[34] The leadership change was announced publicly on January 9,2026,and Rosen transitioned to the role of CEO Emeritus.[35][36]
The Pursuit of Liberty:How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America,New York:Simon &Schuster,2025. ISBN978-1668053744
The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2024. ISBN9781668002476
Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law, New York: Henry Holt, 2019. ISBN9781250235169
William Howard Taft: The American Presidents Series: The 27th President, 1909-1913, New York: Times Books, 2018. ISBN9780805069549
Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016. ISBN030015867X.
Constitution 3.0: Freedom and Technological Change, co-editor, Benjamin Wittes, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Press, 2013. ISBN0815724500
The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries that Defined America, New York: Times Books, 2007. ISBN0-8050-8182-8
The Most Democratic Branch: How the Courts Serve America, New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN0-19-517443-7
12"Rosen CV"(PDF). George Washington University Law School. January 2018. Archived from the original(PDF) on August 24, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
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